governor-general-in-council

noun

Definition of governor-general-in-council

pluralgovernors-general-in-councilorgovernor-generals-in-council

:the governor-general in a member nation of the British Commonwealth acting with the advice and consent of the nation's Privy Council usually as a formal means of giving legal effect to cabinet decisions

in South Africa … all provincial ordinances must be assented to by the governor-general-in-council